Former UB star Manute Bol dies at 47

June 19, 2010

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 06: George Gregan, the Wallaby captain meets Manute Bol, the former NBA basketball player and tallest player to play NBA. Bol is on a tour of South Africa to promote basketball in the region, pictured at the Sandton Sun Hotel on September 6, 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 06: George Gregan, the Wallaby captain meets Manute Bol, the former NBA basketball player and tallest player to play NBA. Bol is on a tour of South Africa to promote basketball in the region, pictured at the Sandton Sun Hotel on September 6, 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)